Cannon Street ⇄ Oval Station

This journey is in zones 1&2 and you’ll have to use the District and Northern lines, changing trains at Embankment

1. From Cannon Street take the District Line
2. Change at Embankment to the Northern Line
3. Leave the train at Oval

Number of stops: 7 · Journey time: Approx 24 mins

Stations on the route: Cannon Street ➜ Mansion House ➜ Blackfriars ➜ Temple ➜ Embankment [change train] Embankment ➜ Waterloo ➜ Kennington ➜ Oval

Live status and delays

Closures on the District and Northern line

First and last train times

District line timetable

Alternative routes include Cannon Street to Vauxhall, Cannon Street to Kennington and Cannon Street to Stockwell

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Cannon Street is not wheelchair accessible

Oval is not wheelchair accessible

Cannon Street entrance – The entrance on Dowgate Hill to the booking hall is on the level, but there’s a flight of stairs from the Cannon Street entrance (11 steps down). After that you can use a lift from the booking hall to the westbound platform (or two flights of 10 steps down), but you’ll have to use stairs to the eastbound platform (2x12 steps down)

Changing trains at Embankment – You must use stairs when changing platforms

Oval exit – There’s an escalator from the northbound platform to the exit, but you must use an escalator plus one flight of stairs from the southbound platform (21 steps up). If you want to avoid the escalator then you can use another five flights of stairs (4 steps down +28 steps up +2x26 steps up +20 steps up)

This journey is in zones 1&2 and you’ll have to use the Northern and District lines, changing trains at Embankment

1. From Oval take the Northern Line
2. Change at Embankment to the District Line
3. Leave the train at Cannon Street

Number of stops: 7 · Journey time: Approx 23 mins

Stations on the route: Oval ➜ Kennington ➜ Waterloo ➜ Embankment [change train] Embankment ➜ Temple ➜ Blackfriars ➜ Mansion House ➜ Cannon Street

Alternative routes include Oval to Vauxhall, Oval to Kennington and Oval to Stockwell

Stairs, lifts and escalators

Oval is not wheelchair accessible

Cannon Street is not wheelchair accessible

Oval entrance – There’s an escalator between the entrance and the northbound platform, but you must use an escalator plus one flight of stairs to the southbound platform (21 steps down). If you want to avoid the escalator then you can use another five flights of stairs (20 steps down +2x26 steps down +28 steps down +4 steps up)

Changing trains at Embankment – You must use stairs when changing platforms

Cannon Street exit – There’s a lift from the westbound platform to the booking hall (or two flights of 10 steps up), but you’ll have to use stairs from the eastbound platform (2x12 steps up). Ater that you must use a flight of stairs to the Cannon Street exit (11 steps up), but the Dowgate Hill exit is on the level